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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also rise to thank the Committee, the Chairman, and the Cabinet Secretary for Treasury for bringing in a Budget that we can interrogate. I appreciate how they have tried to bring an inclusive Budget that takes care of the whole country. Mine will be very brief. Number one, I appreciate the docket that I always say carries Kenya, the education docket. I appreciate that you have given them Ksh168.2 billion for transformative education initiatives. However, the most important thing is that we have returned the money for the examinations. Kenyans will appreciate that the Ksh5.9 billion has come back for examinations. This had brought about heated debate, but we thank you for that allocation. We also appreciate the allocation of Ksh17.2 billion in support of the New Higher Education Funding Model, which will ensure that we have a Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) to enable students from all backgrounds to access funding for tertiary education. More importantly, the Ministry of Education should assign a National Education Management Information System (NEMIS) number to every child. The day all our children will have NEMIS numbers will be the day we get the correct capitation and budget for the Ministry of Education. We shall know exactly how much we spend. In my constituency, I am still pushing to get resources for our children because those without birth certificates do not receive capitation. That is why some schools only got Ksh84 or Ksh400. The problem is not this House. It is the Ministry which has not given NEMIS numbers to our children. I also appreciate that we shall now move forward with the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) project. We were unable to implement this project because we did not have the money to support it. The World Bank wanted a matching programme supported by both the Government and the World Bank. Going forward, 100 youth from our constituencies who believe in small businesses will tap into this. With Ksh50,000, you can start a small business. I also appreciate the allocation to Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Many of them were worried and sent messages urging us to ensure that it is there. I am glad that the money is now in the Budget and will support the employment of staff on permanent and pensionable terms. The funding of the Linda Mama scheme, which is critical in the health docket, is also included. We thank the Committee for going beyond that and looking at Gender-Based Violence (GBV), emphasising that the Government must fund the technical teams that work on GBV. That is one thing we appreciate even as we move forward. Another very worrying issue – I plead with the governors on this one – is that, while we look at mediation, why can we not agree as both Houses that we pay pending bills with the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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